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Definition of Prison

1. Noun. A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment.

Definition of Prison

1. n. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o&?; confinement, restraint, or safe custody.

2. v. t. To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty.

Definition of Prison

1. Noun. A place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes, or otherwise considered undesirable by the government. ¹

2. Noun. Confinement in a prison. ¹

3. Noun. (colloquial) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) to imprison ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prison

1. to imprison [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: imprison

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prison

Literary usage of Prison

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Hist, sketch of prison administration and punishment for various violations ... 22, 1800, for erection of a state prison on land purchased In Charlestown. ..."

2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"12, 1825, of gov. transmitting final rept. of Inspectors of state prison. ... Un prison accts. recommending renovation of system of keeping accts. 1830. ..."

3. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1870)
"The secretary of the prison Association of New York, present by special invitation, said: As I understand it, the particular subject of conference is the ..."

4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"prisons—United States—Continued Capital punishment and prison reforma. ... New Repub 10:9-10 F IWW, as prison reformers; New Jersey state prison at Trenton. ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The chief cellular prison is at Bruchsal, where there is accommodation for five hundred, but there are a certain number of separate cells attached to many ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The New Jersey and Connecticut reformatories for young men, while modeled after Elmira, have tended toward the British intermediate prison plan. ..."

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